episode_0045

Since they are a businessman and a customer, Deshade speaks first.

“Yes. How much will you charge for information?”

“It depends on what you want to know. Do you have any questions?”

The sight of Feria standing next to him in a suit that resembles a tailcoat, rubbing his hands, looks like a flirtatious and vicious boss entertaining wealthy customers.

However, although it is none of my business, a worrying thought occurred to me.

A business can only be established when there is money in kind exchanged between the payer and the receiver.

‘It’s an information fee. Other gods say they have a lot of money because they have a lot of followers, but Deshade probably doesn’t have money.’

Even if you ask Deshade for money, the only thing Thistle has is 1 gold. Even that is just living expenses for today.

Be that as it may, the question posed by Deshade, who did not have a single piece of money right now, was a great question in some ways.

“I want to know who the most beautiful human in this world is.”

‘I’m a little curious about that too.’

Deshade’s question was one that made me curious as well.

Peria seriously considered such a joke-like question and narrowed down the scope.

“What does God mean by beauty? If it is just God’s preference, please explain what it looks like. If not, please tell us what the global standards for beauty are.”

“Like other gods, I like the beauty of the soul, but the reason I especially like humans is because of the beauty of their bodies. In other words, I want something externally beautiful, like a work of art, not symbolic beauty like purity. Beauty is relative, so I would like to know who the most people consider beautiful. How much would you be paid for this question?”

Deshade asked the price honestly without using tricks like reading thoughts.

And Peria seemed to be worried about pricing, so he closed his eyes for a moment and started thinking.

After a while, she opens her eyes and offers God her price.

“Hmm… That’s a question I can’t give a definitive answer to. However, it is not a question that cannot be answered. So, I will only accept 1 gold.”

“It’s just right. Just wait.”

Deshade, who heard the price mentioned by Peria, said that and started walking towards Thistle.

‘Well, that can’t be right.’

Deshade soon arrived at the large chair inside and lifted the blanket, and Thistle was curled up and asleep, clutching a gold coin in her hand.

As if it were more precious than anything else in the world.

“Are you planning to commit it?”

“I think so.”

“Well, I can’t see it…”

Sitting at the desk, Enin seemed to have realized what was going to happen and went into the filing cabinet inside, while I and Master waited for Deshade’s next move.

‘I guess so.’

Deshade’s hand gradually reaches towards Thistle’s hand.

‘His followers have spent all the money they have saved for his advent, and this is the last money he has.’

I really thought about taking it away, but

‘ah.’

Deshade defied expectations as if it were natural.

As he approaches, he carefully opens his hand and takes out a coin.

Still, it was a cautious move.

It’s like taking a remote control out of the hands of a parent who is asleep on the sofa.

Soon Deshade successfully removed the coin and handed it over to Peria.

“ character. My apostle happened to be holding the right amount. Let me pay with this.”

“Thank you. Then let me answer.”

Peria accepted the gold coin from Deshade, who came back as if he hadn’t seen Thistle inside, and Master and I looked at it and eventually said a word each.

“God, aren’t the buds really yellow? If someone tells you to become a believer, it might be best to stop them.”

“Someday, if I hear a rumor that that church was ruined because of their god, I think I will understand it as if it was natural.”

I will never join that denomination.

I might have to get as much information as possible from Deshade and get out of there.

Peria, who received the gold coin, puts it in her pocket and begins to explain.

“The reason I can’t give a clear answer is because no matter how hard I try, I think it’s impossible for just one person to answer. I think there will be as many as three people.”

Peria stretched out a finger.

“First of all, I will become the second princess in the empire.”

“The princess of the empire.”

“Yes. It is said that the second princess is excellent in both civil and martial arts, and her beauty is such that all citizens of the empire who have seen her recognize her. In addition, as Munmu said earlier, he is good at mercenary skills, and even though it is an empire with a territory larger than the Alliance of Kingdoms, he is a capable human being who maintains a wide front line under the command of the princess and does not hand over a single blade of grass to another race.”

“’All citizens of the empire say that.’ It can be said that a certain level is guaranteed. It is a country with the largest concentration of people on earth.”

There were other stories about Deshade, but they only focused on the beauty part.

Peria stretched out her second finger.

“Next, Gloria, the head of Arsmagna, the City of Alchemists, a city-state in alliance with the Kingdom Alliance, will be the second candidate. He was said to have been missing for the past few years, but was said to have recently appeared at an official event. Thanks to this, even among the children of the royal family gathered in the capital, the princes who are known to be in heat… are said to be busy preparing gifts and visiting.”

“I don’t think there is an indicator as good as the princess of the empire, so maybe I should rank her lower.”

Peria didn’t seem to be in a good mood, as if she had had a bad meeting with members of the royal family.

Then I remembered the conversation I had with Deshade in the cave.

‘Wait a minute, didn’t Deshade confirm to me what Gloria was doing with his clairvoyant powers?’

“Deshade, didn’t you tell me about Gloria last time? That person was Gloria.”

“That’s true, but since I only saw the movement of the soul, it just looked like a white mass wearing clothes. And in places where a lot of people gather, it is difficult to tell because they look crowded.”

‘I guess this is what it means to not be omnipotent.’

It seems that even God’s power has its limits.

“Appearance, limited ability… Yes…”

Meanwhile, Peria quickly wrote down what Deshade said in her notebook and spoke again. It seems like they are trying to sell it as information later.

“Anyway, that person knows how outstanding her beauty is, so she says she takes money to make appointments. So, it is said that there are only a few people who have met her, but it might be quite nice to see people who have met pouring money into it, regardless of whether they are merchants or royalty, to see her again.”

“In that case, I guess I should visit too.”

Thistle’s hardships in paying for the trip seem to flash before my eyes.

The third and final finger came up.

“The last one is said to be the 6 princesses who are imprisoned in a villa in the Northern Kingdom. But it’s been a while since we stopped hearing about this due to a big rift in the North, so I honestly thought about whether to include it or leave it out, but I told you about it first. It is famous for being a place that is coldly released, perhaps because it resembles the place where people live, so we only heard rumors that it was beautiful, but we were completely cut off without knowing why it was confined or why it was said to be beautiful. ”

“Rather, the mystery fills the anticipation even more.”

‘Well, I’m more curious about a closed box than an already open box.’

Although I called them three beauties, I knew very well that they were people who would have great influence from a national perspective.

Thanks to this, I realized for the first time that Gloria was such a difficult person to meet.

Of course, there is no way I can forget this person since he gave me the artifact that became the basis for my beginnings, but now that I think about it, I think he must have been quite good-looking.

The alluring aura radiating from that brilliant golden hair and eyes was not common.

“Can I at least see a picture first? I think I need to set some priorities.”

“Unfortunately, not all of them are as high as God, but perhaps because they are high, or because they know their own worth, portraits do not exist. It is said that the second princess of the empire refuses to have her portrait painted, and the head of the alchemists continues to refuse, saying that painters cannot capture her beauty. 6 There is no princess because she is imprisoned.”

‘It’s not some imaginary animal.’

Until you meet it in person, it is a rarity comparable to something like a giraffe. It’s probably true because it’s Peria’s words.

“That’s such a pity. But that makes it even more worth looking for.”

“If it is God, there may be no need to go looking for it. Later, when news of the apparition spreads far and wide, they may come to visit in person. Of course, in general, it seems like it will be a form of invitation due to their location. Well, don’t worry. Of course, it is the first time for humans to encounter a river god, and it is probably an event that is difficult for other races to see often.”

‘That’s right.’

After listening to Peria’s answer, my curiosity was resolved.

But after listening to the whole thing, I think I was ripped off a bit.

‘If it’s that kind of story, if you buy a drink at a bar in town and ask to hear the story, you can hear it in just one drink.’

Of course, since this is a story about former mercenaries and adventurers, you’ll be able to hear comparisons with your first love or the girl you fell in love with in the village.

Still, I think I can never get to 1 gold.

I stabbed Peria in the hopes of somehow getting some money back and giving it to Thistle.

“Hey. Aren’t you being ripped off too much?”

“What is rip-off? If it were other gods, the church is so rich that even if you call on them quite loudly, they’ll pay for it all? This is the first question I ask God and there are multiple answers, so I got it for a very cheap price. Among the gods of different races, there is a god who will give you an extra box of gold coins just as a tip if you like it.”

By the standards of Feria, a trickster, it seems to have been done extremely cheaply.

‘Thistle. I’m sorry.’

I wanted to do more, but the only way was to back out. It is the natural order of the world for store owners to set prices for products that only one person can handle in the first place.

“Mmm… Mmm…”

I feel sad as I watch Thistle begin to whimper as she can’t feel anything in her grasp.

“What will your reaction be if you wake up and hear the story?”

“I think I might cry…”

“Why? Why are you doing this?”

“It’s just… that happens.”

We couldn’t say anything as we watched Thistle, who was sleeping, start making louder and louder noises like a puppy having a nightmare.